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TRAFFIC SOUND 's/t' LP (Spain, Munster Records, Catalogue #MR 398) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited year 2019 Munster Records label edition of RARE 1970 Peruvian Psych Rock album by Traffic Sound (originally released in 1970 in Peru on the MAG label.)

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

Peru enjoyed a thriving and exciting music scene since the mid-1960s. Bands such as Los Saicos, Los Shain's, and Los York's, to name just a few, released a number of brilliant records that drove young fans crazy and set an example for many to follow. The end of the decade brought about an evolution in sound and new music genres, as Peruvian bands kept an eye on the groundbreaking British and US artists exploring baroque pop, psychedelic rock and early prog. One of them was Traffic Sound, founded in Lima in 1967. Over a very short period of time the band managed to successfully develop their career transcending their starting point, in which they'd simply record covers of artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, or The Young Rascals, moving on to the more mature sound of their first LP with self-written songs, Virgin (1969), a masterpiece of Latin rock, and this second self-titled LP, released in 1970. Traffic Sound incorporates here complex arrangements and long song structures with which they approach prog music. However, the immediacy of songs like "Yesterday's Game", with a fierce and contagious guitar riff, or "Chicama Way", a terrific anthem, clear any possible doubt about the sound principles of the band: groovy rock. While tracks such as "Those Days Have Gone" or "America" show the friendliest yet psychedelic side of the group, "Tibet's Suzettes", the opening song of the album, simultaneously introduces all the ingredients of the Traffic Sound recipe: hypnotic rhythms, untamed guitars, and very skilled playing. Although some influences cannot be ignored, this second Traffic Sound album is huge and deserves to be considered one of the greatest recordings of its time, even internationally, as essential as the most hailed works of Cream, Caravan, or Led Zeppelin that served as a bridge for rock music between the '60s and '70s. Presented in facsimile tri-fold sleeve and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

- Munster Records present the second Traffic Sound album, originally released in 1970.
- Released after their Latin rock masterpiece Virgin (1969), this self-titled album deserves to be considered one of the greatest recordings of its time, even internationally, as essential as the most hailed works of Cream, Caravan, or Led Zeppelin.
- Complex arrangements and long song structures that make up an unique psychedelic, prog music -- hypnotic, groovy rock.
- The band's music was featured in Season 3 of Narcos.
- Presented in facsimile tri-fold sleeve and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.  

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

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